We discuss the challenges faced by bytecode analyzers designed for code verification compared to similar analyzers for source code. While a bytecode-level analysis brings many simplifications, eg, ...
Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. When you install Java, the JDK comes with a number of helpful utilities packed within the ...
Attackers can hide their attempts to execute malicious code by inserting commands into the machine code stored in memory by the software interpreters used by many programming languages, such as ...
Abstract: Branch coverage (BC) is a widely used test criterion that is supported by many tools. Although textbooks and the research literature agree on a standard definition for BC tools measure BC in ...
Abstract: Traditional static taint analysis based on bytecode analysis such as GadgetInspector to detect deserialization vulnerabilities always faced precision problems. For example, missing the fact ...
Newly discovered campaign takes advantage of the fact that most vulnerability scanning tools don't read compiled open-source software. Attackers who are targeting open-source package repositories like ...
The About Us page of your website is an essential source of information for anyone who wants to know more about your business. It is where you showcase your history, the unique value of your work, ...
Microsoft has joined the Bytecode Alliance, a group aiming to expand WebAssembly beyond the browser and JavaScript to native applications for desktop and mobile platforms. The Bytecode Alliance, ...
Reading compiled Java bytecode can be tedious, even for experienced Java developers. Why do we need to know about such low-level stuff in the first place? Here is a simple scenario that happened to me ...